My potentially new system...

[Zaphrox]

So this is the new system I'm thinking of buying, what do you guys think of the price? Also, will everything be compatible & will the PSU suffice?

Motherboard: Asus M3A78 (R1195.86)
CPU: Amd Socket AM2+ Phenomx4 Quad-Core 9850 (R2120.40)
RAM: Corsair TWIN2X2048-6400 - XMS2 2 x 1GB DDR2-800 (R458.28)
GFX Card: GECUBE RADEON HD4850 PRO 512MB (R1855.92)
Monitor: Samsung 923NW Black 19" Wide Response Time 5MS (R1581.18)
Chassis: Aerocool ZeroDegree Black (R817.38)
PSU: iSONIC MEGAPOWER 500WATT (R269.04)
TOTAL: R8,298.06
Already have the below:
HDD: 1 x 200Gb, 1 x 250Gb & 1 x 120Gb (All SATA)
Drives: 2 x DVD DL dvd+R , dvd±r/rw + dvd-ram + cd+/-rw & 1 X floppy

[RuadRauFlessa]

Get a 2ms screen.

[justinufo]

I'd go for a 650w psu or more just to be safe

[ADV4NCED]

Yeah get a bigger PSU

[Frozenfireside]

iSONIC MEGAPOWER 500WATT (R269.04)

seriously, wtf? R270 for a 500watt PSU?
Either its a pile of junk or its a pile of junk.

[TheModDoctor]

Motherboard: I'd really rather go for the Msi K9A2 CF-F. It has 2x PCI-E x16 slots, and a better NB (AMD 790X). Although the Asus has a newer SB (SB700). Plus they both are about the same price.
CPU: Good.
Ram: Good.
GFX: Good. BTW, where are you buying this from? Thats a very good price for the 4850.
Screen: Well personally I'll avoid Samsung due to reliability, but I know that their colors are excellent.
Chassis: Nah dude, get this one
PSU: To be safe and more future proof get a bigger one. But is Isonic a good make?

Overall I think thats a fairly good system

[TheModDoctor]

iSONIC MEGAPOWER 500WATT (R269.04)

seriously, wtf? R270 for a 500watt PSU?
Either its a pile of junk or its a pile of junk.

I'm not sure but I think Isonic is cheaper because it's a South African make, thus no need to import it.

[justinufo]

I think i read somewhere on this forum that someone had an isonic psu and it bombed his system.He said twas crap and not reccomended and its proudly south african yes.lol

[ADV4NCED]

Screen: Well personally I'll avoid Samsung due to reliability, but I know that their colors are excellent.

What reliability issues you got with Samsung's ?

I personally find them pretty good and better or above the average brand..

[TheModDoctor]

Screen: Well personally I'll avoid Samsung due to reliability, but I know that their colors are excellent.

What reliability issues you got with Samsung's ?

I personally find them pretty good and better or above the average brand..

This might have been an isolated case, but exactly a month after I bought my Samsung screen, a whole row of pixels died. PC International sent it back to Samsung, but they never gave it back... So PC Int gave me another screen.

And this is apart from their crappy cd-roms. I had two, and both broke, where one took a cd with him to his grave
Even my samsung cellphone is unreliable!!

Maybe saamsing isn't that bad, but I've never had any pleasant experiences with their products.

[ADV4NCED]

Screen: Well personally I'll avoid Samsung due to reliability, but I know that their colors are excellent.

What reliability issues you got with Samsung's ?

I personally find them pretty good and better or above the average brand..

This might have been an isolated case, but exactly a month after I bought my Samsung screen, a whole row of pixels died. PC International sent it back to Samsung, but they never gave it back... So PC Int gave me another screen.

And this is apart from their crappy cd-roms. I had two, and both broke, where one took a cd with him to his grave
Even my samsung cellphone is unreliable!!

Maybe saamsing isn't that bad, but I've never had any pleasant experiences with their products.

Rofl

coincidence?

[Nuke]

I also love Samsung. Had 4 Samsung screens sofar. I have a 17" CRT for my testing linux server, Had 2x 226BW that were stolen(was really good screens) and now have a T-260. The T-260 is the most awesome screen ever. Haven't had a single dead pixil on any of the lcd's.

[Frozenfireside]

LG LCD FTW

[SykomantiS]

Get a bigger screen and future proof that psu.

As far as Samsung goes, I have owned a 17" SyncMaster which I traded for RAM when I got my current Samsung 2053BW. It's awesome. I would in my life never buy a Samsung phone or optical drive though...

[Stuart]

Samsung optical drives aren't that bad any more. I used to have the same stance as you, but in the last year or so I have known several people with Samsung drives that are still chugging along nicely.

Nice system there, Zaphrox. I agree with the others though: Get a better PSU.

[Zaphrox]

How would the Gigabyte ODIN 585W PSU stack up against the iSONIC MEGAPOWER 600WATT PSU @ R222.66 more??

[bosaap]

http://www.prophecy.co.za/omega-isonic- ... -2289.html
Omega isonic 600W for R584.82.....
Thats what i have and i dont have any problems with mine

[douglash]

iSONIC MEGAPOWER 500WATT (R269.04)

seriously, wtf? R270 for a 500watt PSU?
Either its a pile of junk or its a pile of junk.

Um, no, actually on the contrary... i've had an Isonic 500W modular psu for over a year now, running my rig at first, now it runs my wifes with absolutely no problem whatsoever... plus i know others that have the same psu with no issues...

Isonic >>>> Thermaltake (in price and power)!!

[Stuart]

iSONIC MEGAPOWER 500WATT (R269.04)

seriously, wtf? R270 for a 500watt PSU?
Either its a pile of junk or its a pile of junk.

Um, no, actually on the contrary... i've had an Isonic 500W modular psu for over a year now, running my rig at first, now it runs my wifes with absolutely no problem whatsoever... plus i know others that have the same psu with no issues...

Isonic >>>> Thermaltake (in price and power)!!

Yes, but two rats on a treadmill >>>> Thermaltake (in price and power).

@Zaphrox: Yeah, the Odin should do just fine.

[Zaphrox]

My luck the supplier doesn't have the Asus M3A78 motherboard in stock . He has given me the option of the below 2 boards. Which one would be better:

(R1215)
Asus M3A78-EM , support new upcoming 140W Powered CPU , support hypertransport 3.0 , all-in-one ; socket AM2+ , AMD 780G/sb700 chipset , 4 x dual channel DDR2-1066 ( upto 2.5v ) , 6 ( 5 internal+1 external e-sata ) s-ata2 with raid 0/1/0+1/10 , 1 x parallel ata133 , on-board directX10 ATi HD3200 QUAD output VGA ( with D-SUB + HDMi + DVi + new coming Display Port / 1080i HDCP compliant ) + ieee1394 + Realtek ALC1200 7.1 audio with optical s/pdif out + gigabit lan ; 1x pci-e (1x) , 1x pci-e 2.0 (16x) , 2 x pci - micro atx , 1 x PS2 only for kb

-OR-

(R1300)
Xfx Mi-A78U-8309 , support hybrid SLi , support hypertransport 3.0 , on-board LCD P.O.S.T display + clear-CMoS button , all-in-one ; socket AM2+ , nVidia 8300 chipset , 4 x dual channel DDR2-1066 , 7 ( 6 internal+1 external ) s-ata2 with raid 0/1/0+1/5/10 , 1 x parallel ata133 , on-board nvidia 8300 directX10 vga ( 1.5Ghz shader engine , core : 500mhz ) with tripple-output ( HDMi + DVi-D + D-SUB ) , with HDMi AV output ( HD DVD , Blu-ray 1080p HDCP compliant ) , 7.1 audio + gigabit lan ; 1x pci-e (1x) , 1x pci-e (16x - pci-e 2.0 ) , 2 x pci - micro atx